Nastaran Mohit is the organizing director of the NewsGuild of New York, which represents more than 24,000 journalists and media workers in the US and Canada. I’ve met her through her work with the Wirecutter Union, and she’s also helped to organize workers at The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Buzzfeed, and more.
Teen Vogue recently published a great piece on Mohit, breaking down a day in her life — which is, as one might imagine, made even more complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. But Nas keeps fighting the good fight, doing crucial work at a time when media layoffs are more and more common. Solidarity matters, and there is power in a union.
Nastaran Mohit: A Day in the Life of a Union Organizer [Allegra Kirkland / Teen Vogue]